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  <h1 class="topictitle1">Managing Volume Protection</h1>
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   <p>The <span>product</span> allows you to modify, remove, activate, or disable volume protection.</p>
   <p>You need to log in to the management page, choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001798404676__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text154255511911"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; File Systems &gt; Volume</b></span>, find the volume to be operated, and click <strong>More</strong> to select an operation to be performed.</p>
   <p>You can also select multiple volumes to manage volume protection in batches.</p>
   <p><a href="#EN-US_TOPIC_0000001798404676__table24934294919">Table 1</a> describes the detailed operations.</p>
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      <b>Table 1 </b>Operations related to volume protection
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       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.399999999999999%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.1 "><p>Protecting a volume</p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="57.87%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.2 "><p><strong>Scenario</strong></p> <p>This operation enables you to protect a volume.</p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27.73%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.3 "><p>In the row of the target volume, choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Protection</strong></span></b></span>.</p></td>
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       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.399999999999999%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.1 "><p>Restoring a volume</p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="57.87%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.2 "><p><strong>Scenario</strong></p> <p>This operation enables you to restore data using a volume copy.</p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27.73%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.3 "><p>In the row of the target volume, choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Restore</strong></span></b></span>.</p></td>
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       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.399999999999999%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.1 "><p>Modifying a volume</p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="57.87%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.2 "><p><strong>Scenario</strong></p> <p>This operation enables you to change the name of a volume.</p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27.73%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.3 "><p>In the row of the target volume, choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; Modify</b></span>.</p> <p><a href="en-us_topic_0000001798404708.html">Step 1: Creating a Volume</a> describes volume-related parameters.</p></td>
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       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.399999999999999%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.1 "><p>Deleting a volume</p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="57.87%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.2 "><p><strong>Scenario</strong></p> <p>You can delete a volume when you no longer need to protect the volume.</p> <p><strong>Note</strong></p> <p>You are not allowed to delete a volume that has been associated with an SLA.</p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27.73%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.3 "><p>In the row of the target volume, choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; Delete</b></span>.</p></td>
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       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.399999999999999%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Modify Protection</strong></span></p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="57.87%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.2 "><p><strong>Scenario</strong></p> <p>You can modify a protection plan to associate another SLA with a volume or modify a user-defined script. After the modification, the next backup will be executed based on the new protection plan.</p> <p><strong>Note</strong></p>
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         <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001798404676__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_li16343131892419">The modification does not affect the protection job that is being executed. The modified protection plan will apply to the next protection period.</li>
         <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001798404676__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_li140522162517">If the protection policy for a resource in the associated SLA changes, you are advised to modify the current SLA on the <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001798404676__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_uicontrol10405524254"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001798404676__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_text6405425255"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001798404676__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_text885333645815"><strong>Protection Policies</strong></span> &gt; <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001798404676__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_text164051025259"><strong>SLAs</strong></span></b></span> page, rather than associate the resource with another SLA through protection modification.<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001798404676__en-us_topic_0000001792344090_p34052272519">After you associate the resource with another SLA by modifying protection, if the copy of the original SLA still exists, the license capacity may be deducted repeatedly.</p></li>
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       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27.73%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.3 "><p>In the row of the target volume, choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Modify Protection</strong></span></b></span>.</p></td>
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       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.399999999999999%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Remove Protection</strong></span></p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="57.87%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.2 "><p><strong>Scenario</strong></p> <p>If a volume does not need to be protected, you can remove the protection plan. After the removal, the system cannot execute protection jobs for the volume. To protect the fileset again, you need to associate an SLA with the fileset.</p> <p><strong>Note</strong></p>
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         <li>When the protection job of the volume is running, the protection cannot be removed.</li>
         <li>After you remove protection and associate the resource with another SLA, if the copy of the original SLA still exists, the license capacity may be deducted repeatedly.</li>
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       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27.73%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.3 "><p>In the row of the target volume, choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Remove Protection</strong></span></b></span>.</p></td>
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       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.399999999999999%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Manual Backup</strong></span></p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="57.87%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.2 "><p><strong>Scenario</strong></p> <p>This operation enables you to perform a backup immediately.</p> <p><strong>Note</strong></p> <p>Copies generated by manual backup are retained for the duration defined in the SLA.</p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27.73%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.3 "><p>In the row of the target volume, choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Manual Backup</strong></span></b></span>.</p></td>
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       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.399999999999999%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Activate Protection</strong></span></p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="57.87%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.2 "><p><strong>Scenario</strong></p> <p>This operation enables you to re-activate a disabled protection plan of a volume. After the protection plan is activated, the system backs up the volume based on the protection plan.</p> <p><strong>Note</strong></p> <p>This operation can be performed only for a volume that has been associated with an SLA and is in the <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Unprotected</strong></span></b></span> state.</p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27.73%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.3 "><p>In the row of the target volume, choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Activate Protection</strong></span></b></span>.</p></td>
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       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="14.399999999999999%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Disable Protection</strong></span></p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="57.87%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.2 "><p><strong>Scenario</strong></p> <p>This operation allows you to disable the protection plan for a volume when periodic protection on the volume is not required. After the protection plan is disabled, the system does not execute the automatic backup job of the volume.</p> <p><strong>Note</strong></p> <p>Disabling protection does not affect ongoing backup jobs.</p></td>
       <td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="27.73%" headers="mcps1.3.5.2.4.1.3 "><p>In the row of the target volume, choose <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>More</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Disable Protection</strong></span></b></span>.</p></td>
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